The Case for Making Health Care Advocacy a Discipline of Medicine; The Paradigm of a Vascular Patient

Frontiers in Surgery

Elias J. Arbid¹ 

关键词: health advocacy;    physicians health advocates;    patient centered care;    vascular surgery;    turf battles;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fsurg.2015.00033

学科分类：外科医学

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The time has come for the medical profession to embrace health advocacy as a new discipline of medicine. When facing issues like cancer or major surgery, patients often seek second opinions, and as they do, the second recommendation is likely to differ from the original one in around 30% of the cases (1). In numerous studies about Decision Aid Support, patients given a brochure to read about their choices tend to opt out of surgeries in at least 20% of the times (1). These studies were conducted in centers of excellence, where abuse and over utilization are assumed to be minimal. When patients are given credible education, patients often steer their care from the direction chosen by their treating physician (1).

【 授权许可】

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